Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-12-10
TOBACCO.
THE PRECIOUS AMERICAN PLANT
IN POLITICS.
News of the Leaf, From far and Near
Recent Sales Everywhere-A DAN
Vile Premium List-The Local
Market etc., etc.

The readers Of the CHRONICLE are referred
cabinet which appear to-day for information
on the tariff subject. The tobacco trade are
a unit in desiring the question as to the dis
position OF the tobaccotax settled at an early
day by the present Congress. This continual
see-sawing does no good to the trade, and GER
tainly does not dispose Of any part of the sur
plus. The average politician should for
oncetry to elevate himself to the plane Of
the statesmen, and consider the matter with
the view OF honestly serving the country. II
the House of Representatives pass measure
providing for the reduction OF the surplus the
Senate should not pigeon hole. or so amend
the measure, as to precipitate a quarrel on
political ground, which would be sure to end
IN the defeat of the measure. There should
be desire to harmonic differences aud give
the much needed relief II the tax is abol-
ished on manufactured tobacco 1t should
also be abolished on cigars cigarettes,
snuff and other tobaccos.
April, 1885, found Sherman with his army
at Raleigh, N. G., while Johnston with the
remnant of his troops was encemped at
Greensboro. General Johnston signified his
desire to have conference with Sherman,
so an armistice of days was declared, and the
two great generals met ut q little house four
miles west OF Durham. Durham was then
railroad station with population of 200
souls, and was declared neutral ground for
the two armies. Here the blue and gray met
in friendly intercourse and amused them
selves best they could during the ten days of
peace. About 100 yards from the depot stood
a small two story frame building used by
John r. Green as tobacco factory. While
the war was going on Green had manufac-
tured smoking tobacco for the soldiers, but
now his occupation was gone. In his factory
were stored large quantities of manufactured
tobacco, and the boys in blue and gray,
without ceremony, helped themselves, and
around their camp fires literally smoked the
pipe of peace. When the terms of surrender
had been settled, each soldier supplied him
self with spoke" of tobacco and went home.
In this way Green's tobacco was scattered
from Maine TO Texas, and what he regarded
as severe calamity soon proved to be a rea!
blessing. After the ''pokes' had been con-
sumed the soldiers wrote back from all Sec
tions for "Durham Tobacco" Green, quick
to embrace his opportunity, chrstened his
tobacco Durham"
'nsiderable new crop tobacco on the stalk
h,s been received in GAINESVILLE the past
week. Every warehouse and stemmery In
t he city got some, but there was more come
in at some places than others. News Of the
s lie of quite number Of crops In the barn
h I'VE :been received, ami 1t is said in many
cases that the prizes paid were high. The
e TACT figures could not be ascertained.
Mr.. J. Kropp, the wide awade and ene-.
gstic tobacco buyer of this city, has broken
ground to erect a neat business Office at the
corner of Main and Spring streets, When
complete 1t will be one of the contest in the
lard.